those roles glorifying guns? he did go on to answer and say, that's just fantasy. >> right. >> he's got 20 million reasons to do that and smile about it. that's how much he made for his last movie. >> if you got to run to the tv, run to the radio. >> we'll see you tomorrow. w[ t wf bk h2'b+[ab:> reporter: that's the question a lot of people will be asking.

josh earnest will be peppered by questions about this release and the timing of it. their transfer was apparently delayed because it took this long to find two countries who were willing to take these transferees in. all five were known to fight in afghanistan and one of them was known to have a personal relationship with usama bin laden. the release meeting with tremendous anger on capitol hill. >> the president of the united states concluded the war and terror has reached a point where we can safe live release people from gitmo. this is insane to be letting these people out of gitmo to go back to the fight. >> reporter: in yesterday's

appearance the president made a jovial reference to the only two years he has left in office and he's kinds of in a rush. yesterday josh earnest made the same points when he was asked if gitmo would be open when the president left office. >> i won't concede that. what i will concede is members of coverage -- this is true of both parts why is -- have put in place obstacles that have made it difficult for the president to surk seed in the goal he laid out to close the prison at guantanamo bay. >> reporter: senate republicans introducedegislation that would make it tougher for the president to transfer those prisoners out of the guantanamo bay. martha: an alleged plot to attack the u.s. capital.

he was busted yesterday in ohio. officers say he was planning a bombing fan shooting rampage. according to authorities he was armed to the teeth with hundreds of rounds of ammunition. and he planned to build and detonate bombs at the u.s. catch tall. >> he may have lost his way. but i believe every was vulnerable and coerced in a lot of ways. >> he was a good kid. he would do night world for you. he would not hurt nobody. martha: we are getting new evidence of the sheer scale of one of the bloodiest massacres carried out by boko haram. 2,000 men children and unarmed men slaughtered in a town in

nigeria. what are we learn being this horrific attack? >> reporter: it happened in the remote northeast region of nigeria. we understand iting in a few weeks ago and it's the latest in a series of he tacks by boko haram. -- of attacks by boko haram. it happened in baga where they have a lot of influence and control. the information is coming through slowly because of the remote nature of the region. we are hearing horrifying accounts of survivors seeing hundreds of bodies. we don't know the exact number killed.

the government is playing down the figures but human rights organizations are analyzing satellite images and it seems one communities is almost entirely wiped off the map. secretary of state john kerry condemned this violence. >> what they have done with this slaughter is a crime against humanity. nothing less. it's a more r -- it's a a horrendous slaughter. >> reporter: there is word boko haram will step up its campaign ahead of elections. its goal is to overthrow the governments and create its own islamic state. martha: since they put themselves on the map not that long ago this is the most

escalated attack we have seen of them correct? >> reporter: it has a long history of bombings and kidnappings and campaign against education when they kidnapped those school girls. a few days ago a bomb went off in a busy marketplace and 16 people were killed. police say a 10-year-old girl was used in that attack. last year the group pledged alee zwroants islamic state in syria and they said they praised the attacks in paris. bill: the president is not getting it done against terrorism when it comes to isis. fox news polling. nearly half of the americans disapprove of the way the president is handling terrorism. rich lowry you make what of this number?

>> these numbers are pretty bad for the white house and they have been sliding downward since the killing of usama bin laden. a major galvanizing events was the beheading in the summer and the horror in paris reinforced it with the american public. bill: we asked how do you approve or disapprove, that's a clear majority. mayor cans are paying attention to that. >> there is nothing to approve of. it's an unfolding disaster in iraq. despite the bombing campaign in syria isis has been gaining in that country so of course you will see this kind of result. bill: on foreign policy, 57% disapprove. that could be lot of things. that could be what happened in

paris over the past week. it could be isis, it could bleed into ukraine. >> my big take away is one of the size nick political shifts as republicans lost their advantage on foreign policy. now you are seeing the place begin to shift back again and this creates the opening for republicans to try in 2016 to do what they need to do. bill: do they ride this out or do they change? >> i think what the president is really focused on is what he considers big historic legacy building achievements which may not be what the public cares about. the opening to cuba. it's forging a nuclear deal and a diplomatic opening to iran.

i believe that's what's motor rating the president, not any of these numbers. bill: we'll watch congress on that too. what do you think at home? are we less safe or is paris an exception. we'll share some of your responses later in the show today. a lot to chew on there. martha: you think about the death of al awlaki, these numbers have been festering for a long time. these are surveillance camera images that show what it was like inside that kosher grocery store. these are absolutely chilling photographs that give us a sense of what it was like to, at least some sense to be a hostage huddled together in the tense

moments before the police moved in. this is french police reportedly identify a new suspect. rick leventhal is live. what more do we know about this new person here? >> reporter: not much yet. british and french media are reporting the french identified and suspected accomplice. we know he's a man from the paris suburbs who is believed to have driven coulibaly to the store. one image the horrified hostages are huddled in an aisle. in another you see a store employee who grabbed the rifle

an was killed. the search for his common law wife continued and several others who may have been involved in the same terrorist cell. bill: 11 minutes past the hour. the secret service made some main moves. we'll tell you what they are today on that. martha: boko haram's mission of mass murder expand. you remember the pictures of the cool girls they abducted. bill: the president looking to take down extremist groups. as avoid almost any mention of islamic extremism in the same phrase. why is that? what's the strategy? we'll talk to karl rove next. >> what does it take? the world saw 9/11. the beheading of innocent people on the net.

and we have seen thousands of innocent muslims murdered by the jihadists. while many muslims do not like the jihad, there is not an organized effort to combat it in the muslim world. ...that sound good? not being on this phone call sounds good. it's not muted. was that you jason? it was geoffrey! it was jason. it could've been brenda.

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martha: we are starting to get a better sense how things will change in testifies our relationship and commerce on cuba.

new rules have just gone into effect. the united states says up s. travelers to cuba will no longer need a license if they fall into 12 authorized travel categories. airlines and travel agencies can provide travel top cuba without a license. there you go. it's open for business. bill: let's stop the nonsense. radical jihadists threaten the world the way the nazis did in the 1930s. bill: bill o'reilly talking about president obama and our u.k. ally david cameron. again today the two leaders publishing a piece in the "times" of london before cameron's arrival for two days

of meetings. they say there are a vast number of muslims in the world the vast majority of whom are sickened by the evil these terrorists claim to perpetrate in the name of islam. why does the president insist on staying away from that phrase? >> i think it fits into his world view that we are not in a war, that these are episodic terrorist incidents. he's declared al qaeda has been december made it and usama bin laden is dead and it doesn't fit his narrative to recognize and acknowledge we are on a long struggle with radical muslim extremists who represent a threat to the west, and who will

only be defeated by the concerted use of all the powers of the west and our allies. the united states, great britain, europe, islamic and muslim countries around the world in a long struggle. he doesn't like that an won't acknowledge it. bill: it says we'll not be cowed by extremists. the terrorists know only how to destroy. >> they get right up to the edge. bill: inside the white house how does this happen? do they all get in the same room and couple this and they are told his is how we are going to deal with it and approach it and this what is we'll say at the white house and pentagon? how does that work? >> a little bit more complicated than that but it does involve a meeting. there is probably discussions that take place in a meeting called a deputy's meeting which is run by the national security

council and it proves people from the state department and the defense department in which this is discussed. it's probably discussed at the white house senior staff meeting that occurs every morning. at some floint was probably an informal meeting between the chief of staff dennis mcdunna. and the staff of the national security council. i would suspect ben rhodes who is the deputy security advisor who came out of the campaign as a press person, as a communicator. he plays a role in this. ultimately this is probably presented to the president. and it's shared through the rest of the government through formal means or informal means. bill: would it not come from the president? he's telling them what to do. >> i hope not.

i hope there was discussion of this below so they are at least entangled with these questions. but my sense is this was probably some discussion. they weren't to the president saib in keeping with your belief we've want to down play war. we recommend the following. it may have been the president said this is way want to do, you, susan rice, or david mcdonough you make it happen. bill: o'reilly's points is ultimately it makes america less safe. do you agree? >> yes, i do in this sense. it makes america less safe because it removes the moral authority of the united states in this worldwide conflict. we beat soviet come anything because we spoke the truth about what it was and what it did.

we'll only rally so-called moderate muslims to our cause if we speak with clarity about what these radical muslim extremists are dmoght name of their religion. we can solve part of it through military means part through economic and diplomatic. but we need to worry about the opinion of the muslims throughout the world and you don't do it by being weak kneed. they kill muslims with a revenge. the same day they killed 12 people -- 17 people in france, they were killing hundreds of people many of them muslims in nigeria and nearly 40 muslims in yemen. bill: we have breaking news. martha: do you see what's going on in boston this morning?

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bill: protesters shutting down i93 in boston. some of the protesters chained to concrete barrels. the wide shot is phenomenal. traffic goes back as far as the eye can see. a.p. reports the protest was organized about it group black lives matter.

the group said the demonstration is to disrupt business as usual and protect what they call police and state violence against african-americans. martha: president obama take new executive action. he's getting set to unveil a plan to give federal workers at least six weeks of paid family leave after a baby is born. and he's calling on congress to increase the number of paid sick days. who pays for this extra time off? i'll give you three guesses on that one. who pays for the paid sick days? >> the taxpayer or employer. in the case of the extra sticks weeks of parental leave for federal worker that will be the taxpayer. in the case of the extra one week of guaranteed paid sick

leave for all workers that will be paid by the employer. martha: for federal workers? >> reporter: for all workers. martha: they will force this on all companies. >> reporter: the president wants to pass a bill thahat will give all workers one week of paid sick leave guaranteed. martha: what hatches at end of the year if you don't use your sick days do they give you have a check? >> reporter: i believe that is the case. at the end of the year if you have not used your sick days you will. martha: what harps if you are really sick you don't come to work and if you are not really sick. >> reporter: you are getting mixed up with ethics. this has nothing to do with ethics, it's about politics. the president knows they will not get through congress. he knows the republicans will

say we'll not do that. he knows it make them look bad. he looks good, he wins politically even though he doesn't get the measures he wanted. but he wins politically again that's the theory. martha: the big bad republicans who don't want to give anything to anybody for free won't give it to you. >> reporter: people who won't give it to you are bad. martha: i would rather see them get more vacation than calm it paid sick leave. thank you very much. we'll talk about that later. bill: 11:00 a.m. we'll see you on fox business. 2,000 killed, an entire section of town wiped out. what is being done about boko haram. martha: history made at rock

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bill: five more detainees released from gitmo. they are all from yemen. president obama promising to shut down that facility within the next two years. david cameron will talk to the president about fighting terrorism. the russian aggression in ukraine and the global economy. christopher lee cornell accused of plotting to attack the u.s. capital. officials say he's an isis

sympathizer. martha: you remember of course the campaign to bring back our girls when the group kidnapped 300 girls last year. now on the same day of the paris attacks, terrorists stormed several villages, killing 2,000 people using girls as sue side -- -- using girls as suicide bombers. look at the bottom picture parch earth ravaged and burned by boko haram. in the top picture the roofs are intact. on the bottom so many of them simply wiped out. the dark spots show burned out areas.

tara maller is an analyst formally with the cia. this group has not been on the horizon for too many years but they steam to be raising their profile. >> they were put on the state department watchlist in 2013. since then we have seen an increase in the deadliness of the attacks. in the latest news we see satellite imagery showing the devastation of small towns in northeastern nigeria. martha: we remember the national outcry and twitter campaigns "bring back our girls." even the first lady held up a picture "bring back our girls" and it seemed to have drifted

away. now reports are perhaps some of these young women have been used as suicide bombers. >> secretary kerry is making statements about new initial tistles against the violence carried out by boko haram. this area is remote so the reports have been trick telling out over the past couple days. the severity of the attacks the verification through the satellite imagery not released by amnesty international until today. you can contrast this, the paris attack unfolded for the whole world to see. the informational differences may be why more attention is being focused on this this week. martha: when you look at the scale of what's going on which is exactly why we are talking

about it because we want to get this tory out here. let's talk about these sleeper cells. the activity we saw coming out of cincinnati, this young man who was allegedly an isis sympathizer. what do i know about the sleeper cells and how active they may become? >> the sleeper cell is not a new issue. lone wolf sleeper cells with connections with al qaeda and groups like isis. i think what's interesting about the recent attack that caused people an extra look is the individuals in the paris attack, one was claiming ties and loyalties to al qaeda and the other also had sympathies for isis. groups that aren't traditionally coordinating at the senior leadership level. it seems like the inspiration and motivation and direction

don't necessarily need to come from the same place. i think law enforcement is trying to dissect how much sponsorship was there how' was it inspiration and how' much it was actually directed or funded from overseas. >> i know you talk about the chain that need to be there that need to connect these dots and how important law enforcement is in connecting all this. we heard from this 20-year-old in cincinnati,io as well as the paris attackers who unfortunately were able to carry out their attack that they were acting on the orders and plans ofle al-awlaki. how much credence do you give to reports that these are plans he ordered to carry out. >> it depend on the definition

of "ordered." if you talk about attacks of a general sort of direction that's possible because there are reports they did have ties and traveled to yemen. if you are talking about current direction from him obviously not, he's been dead. it could be the seed were planted a while back. it's not necessarily an either/or case. it's possible on their own they took the initiative to carry these out. and it's possible leadership let smaller cells like this do this on their own to avoid being detected by law enforcement. the more communication you haveover seas, the more likely you are to get caught. >> if you are ready to go, go as we have heard them communicate in the past. tara, thank you so much. bill: breaking news on the

economy. the labor department reporting unemployment went up by 19,000 last week. that's the highest it's been in 4 1/2 months. a check on the markets. they are drifting lower at the open. this a day after they were hammered. down about 300 for the dow 30. they came back 180 at the close. something about that. but we are off and running to the negative side so far here. >> but not running too hard. >> down hill. >> it's the close that matters so we'll watch today. we have been talking about this a lot. as we battle isis many of you are worried about another terror attack that could happen at home. do you feel more or less safe at this point and what do you base that on? we have a great panel to talk about that coming up. plus this.

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martha: the secret service are reassigning three their four highest ranging officials and retiring a fifth one. that came after a string of security mishappens like this one. the one you see here with the man running across the lawn. he ended up in the east room if i remember correctly and he had a knife in his hands. so there was a need for a little bit of re-do at the secret service department and that's what we are seeing underway.

bill: a growing unease at home about our security. fox news polling shows 64% of americans believe the threat from islamic extremists is increasing. doug schoen, and monica crowley both fox news contributors. who wants to start. 64%. too high. >> the american people are smart and they have eyes and they can see the islamist threat is growing. isis al qaeda, muslim brotherhood. boko haram. 2,000 people, mostly christians slaughtered by that islamist group. they can see a president who not only can't name the threat, but it's not willing or able to fight the threat effectively. and that's why you are seeing those numbers. >> monica is right. look what's happened all over the world man our own country and you wonder how a third of

the american people say they are satisfied with his foreign policy generally or his handling of islamic terrorists. bottom line, it's a crisis. it requires immediate action. bill: do you have think that they see it as a crisis? >> there is no evidence they do. monica, i'm curious your reaction. as a democrat who wants to believe the best in everyone certainly a democratic president, it's hard to look at this one and feel that they at the very least appropriately understand and are responding to a worldwide threat they made clear is coming to our shores. >> generally speaking the american people care about america's position as a super power. they care how their commander in chief counters or fights or tries to defeat our earn anies. but it's -- chief feels of.

it's generally not something they think of when they go into the voting tboots unless they feel threatened. watching this beheading i think the american people feel their own personal security is threatened and the life of the nation is jeopardized and they are holding the commander-in-chief after he appropriately accountable. bill: english speaking countries, too. the obama administration is making the country safer? 49% save it's most live failed. do you believe the white house thinks the current strategy against isis in iraq and syria is sufficient for now? >> that's a good question. i honestly don't know what they think? one, they don't tell was they think. second they haven't articulated

a strategy for going after isis in iraq and syria and indeed from the whole region, and third -- >> there is the strategy, the question of is whether it's enough. >> there may well be a strategy. but as someone who follows these closely, i'm not clear wear it even tails what our goals and objectives are or how we are seeking to do it or what the limits and scope of what we plan to do is. i have would say what lindsey graham said over the weekends, we need to a tirk late a strategy and a plan and make fighting islamic terror a central goal in american politics. >> i think the american people look to the commander-in-chief for leadership. and all the things doug laid out. that's true. the american people see a commander in chief whose heart is not in this fight. even the strategy, the limited strategy against isis.

the american people see there is a broader effect. bill: a lot of the polling proves that. >> it will not only affect his last few years as president but it will affect the 2016 campaign. because if hillary clinton is the nominee she was a great part of this administration in his first term. will people say i want the same with hillary? the republicans have had a huge advantage on national security. in. bill: you have got 24 months to quell the threat or watch it grow. and to this point it is only grown. whether it's iraq or syria whether it's chad or nigeria and whether diamonds in the country of libya that's ghoaghts attention where isis has

apparently established some sort of presence there as well. and just this week took two dozen christians hostage. as best as we can tell are still holding them with zero press coverage. >> here is what i would do if i was back in the white house advising as i was with bill clinton. i would say we need an oval office address. we need to outline a clear set of steps being taken now. not taken anti-terrorism form in february. but to root these people out. whether it be libya syria lebanon, the west bank, gassa. -- gaza, and make it clear we'll do anything without limits to root out the scourge of islamic fascisim. >> he should do it but he will not. martha: coming up, a dangerous

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bill: there is some sort of anti-police capital taking to the streets in our nation's capital. it doesn't look like a huge turnout but they are making their voices known. we'll watch and see what kind of

crowd gathers. martha: history years in the making and 1,000 feet above the ground. two rock climbers successfully scaled the call of el capitan in yosemite park. its many the dawn wall. family and friends reacting to their historic feat. >> i watched as claimed all the way to the top. martha: claudia cowen joins us live from yosemite national park. >> reporter: these two climbers did what many people thought was impossible, using only their hand and feet to scale the sheer granite wall of el capitan in yosemite.

kevin jorgeson and tommy caldwell threw their arms up in victory yesterday. they only used ropes to catch them if they fell as jorgeson did several times as the razor sharp rockser to the skin off his fingertips. >> it crossed my mind to throw in the towel. but then i thought about the time put into this, years. what's a few more days. >> reporter: they had to pull their own body weight up with their fingers and caldwell did it with just 9. he lost a finger years ago in an accident. they had to find the tiniest hand holds. they were in freezing conditions

and even used headlights to climate night when the rock wasn't as slippery. a team delivered food and even whiskey when they needed it. jorgeson says it was an amazing feeling to achieve the dream he has had for so many years. he even courages people to go climb a rock. martha: all day long doing pullups literally lifting your entire body weight up the mountain. bill: that valley is so stunning. you can imagine the rue they were getting every night and every morning. five more gitmo detainees have been released. where they are heading and will they rejoin the battle? martha: al qaeda going after the

u.s. government. this ohio man charged with targeting capitol hill. details when we come back. or 13,000 financial advisors who say thank you? it's why edward jones is the big company that doesn't act that way.

the fbi breaking up alleged plans for a terrorist attack that would target the united states capital. christopher lee cornel is his name and he was arrested in ohio and arrested for plotting to bomb the capital and kill individuals. i am martha maccallum. >> and i am bill. the suspect is claiming -- bill hemmer -- sympathy with the islamic community saying he wanted to wage violence with shotguns and hundreds of rounds of ammo he just purchased.

>> what are we learning this? >> reporter: this 20-year-old is an example of the new digital jihad where people get sucked in by isis or al-qaeda online. the family says an informant egged on the 20-year-old and he was never capable of attacking the u.s. capital. but the fbi makes the case he laid the groundwork for targeting the capital, buying the weapons and researching how to make wep'aponweapons. they arrested him n on the plane from ohio to washington, d.c. the suspect is self-radicalized and as we have shown from the ongoing reporting you see a case similar to this about every two to three weeks in this country.

>> this reminds me somewhat of the boston bombing. if this case amounts to low hanging crude for the fbi, does isis have recruiters outside of iraq and syria that could be funneled back here. we know they do, right? >> reporter: a person told us that a former leader there is a leader of isis and a former guantanamo bay detainee. the black flag of the taliban is being replaced by the white flags of isis. he abandoned the taliban after failing to reach a leadership position. >> they basically lost out in sort of the jocking or positioning inside the taliban for more power.

he was forced out of the leadership position and he gravitated and decided to pick up the isis state banner in afghanistan. this is significant because he has senior capabilities operation' operational planning and a very experienced veteran in jihad. >> reporter: another detainee from guantanamo bay vowed his sympathy to isis who was released in april of 2005. >> how about that recruiter changing his allegiances. >> christopher lee cornel's parents defended him. >> he was like a 16-year-old kid who barely left the house and his best friend is a cat. >> he had barely any money. >> i think he was a vulnerable

big kid. >> now age 20 and in jail and clearly a zero tolerance policy in this country and you can see it right there in southwestern ohio. >> there has to be. moving on this morning. meanwhile the obama administration released five more terrorism suspects from gitmo. the five men are all from yemen captured in pakistan more than a dozen year ago. the pentagon is saying they are not a major security risk. jennifer griffen is live. why are they in a hurry to release them? >> reporter: for one, the republicans have proposed legislation to block the release of any more members from gitmo in the wake of the paris attack. the pentagon says quote each of these five individuals were

approved for transfer nearly five years ago by six departments and agencies. we assess the security risk prior to transfer and as a result more than 90% of the detainees transferred during obama's administration live quitely. all five released were from yemen. 47 of the 54 released from gitmo are from yemen. republican lawmakers and the administration are fighting over the recidivism rate. gop quotes a 30% return based on the 620 released so far and the administration says that is 17% confirmed returned to the fight and 12% suspected to return to

the battlefield. the majority of americans think the releases are a bad idea. look at the poll showing 54% of the country thinking the president is overstepping his authority and that the detention facility should stay open. steve hays is here. good morning to you. >> good morning >> i listen to the stories from jennifer and catherine and both sighting known terrorist who were all released from gitmo in the past. so why would we be doing this? >> i think that is a good question and the public is reflecting the uncertainty of this. i think at the heart of the administration's problem with the war on terror is they have been arguing the war is over or should be and the threat before was exagerated.

and we are seeing the war continuing whether we fight it or not. that is the heart of contention for the administration. >> this poll says if an isis terrorist is captured on the battlefield where should they go? 59% say they should go to guantanamo bay. one thing that is politically difficult to figure out is why the president -- you can't chose things that are front and center and people are not focused on but he is determined to carry it out. >> he came into office saying he is going to close guantanamo bay and issued orders and executeive statements. what is interesting about the last few days is he lost a key ally in closing guantanamo bay. john mccain who was in favor of

closing and vowed to work with the president has suddenly turned against it i think in part because the president has been releasing people who have been judged by joint task force guantanamo bay as high security risk. the president seems to be playing a game of chicken with congress saying if you don't let me put them in prison on the mainland in the united states i will release them. and i think john mccain thinks it is irresponsible and counts for the reversal of his position. >> that is an interesting point about john mccain's reversal. we have his history. and lindsay graham said it is insane to be letting the people go to get back to the fight. we will leave it there. thank you so much. good to see you as always. we are getting a look at the massacre in paris here where a

gunman murdered four hostages inside a kosher deli. we are live outside the market in paris. what did you find, greg? >> reporter: bill we are looking at one of the first scenes we have seen inside what was a scene of hell last friday. this is the kosher supermarket where four people were killed and then the gunman was killed in an hour's long hostage situation. investigators went inside a person we believe is the owner of the market, and you can see the bullet holes across the glass window and a lot of security outside. it is nasty weather here right now. but people almost a week after the attack are still coming out to lay flowers, offer sympathy and saying prayers.

four french jewish people died here and about a cuzdozen were threatened with their life during a harrowing three hours. here is what a few people including a bright 14-year-old girl. >> in my head i died. >> you are jewish. >> not normal. >> reporter: that last woman lives in this area bill. she said she wanted to go to the market just about time the host hostage situation started. her sister held her off saying i think something is wrong down there and i don't think you should go. she didn't. she had that was one of many miracles for her and others here.

>> live at the kosher market in eastern paris. thank you. the white house continues to take heavy criticism for refusing to use the term radical islam. but president bush was careful to make the distinguishment between the acts of violence and religion. host of the five is here to give us her take on this. plus there is this: >> this is a threat as we talked about. isis is a different kind of threat which is why we are going after them in iraq and syria. >> after the terrorist attack in paris, can the white house make the claim al-qaeda has been decimated? oliver north is here to talk about it. in boston they are blocking traffics after hand cuffing themselves to concrete barrels causing a commuter nightmare.

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president obama hitting the road and travelling to baltimore to talk to senate democrats there and they will talk strategy and policy ahead of the upcoming state of the union address all of this while worldwide terror threats continue to rise so should the president be spending more time talking about terror? we have dana who is the former white house press secretary and

host of the five is here. good to have you. >> quick note on the state of the union. what did you expect? and why is he talking about this when the nation is set on the terror threat. >> he gets the podium and he is going get everyone's attention and he is going to show he has juice and wants to lay out an agenda with the republican-controlled house and senate. they are trying to show they can spin a lot of plates all at the same time. >> i think a lot of people are going to look for a forceful statement on what we will do to combat the growing terror threat we see from al-qaeda isis and boka harem and whether they can utter the phrase islamic

terrorism that is radical. >> they are using guidance they have been given from somewhere because they are tying themselves in knots trying not to say islamic extremist while the rest of americans are watching and saying people are led to believe that islamic terrorism is what is calling these people to action. you have fronts within the terrorism but there is a common thread and the american people understand that. i think that the president today in a paper he wrote with david cameron and ran in the london times, if you look at the second to last paragraph, they talk about islamic terrorism. so i don't see where the

hesitation is to say it on camera. >> people have been saying president bush did the same thing and tried to not say it that way. he tried to say it was a distortion of the religion and not the religion being represented. we have a sound byte that demonstrates that. >> we made it clear madam president, that the war against terrorism isn't a war against muslims nor it is a war against arabs. it is a war against evil people who conduct crimes against innocent people. >> let's think that. what were the discussions like about how should we present this? how should we discuss this so we don't offend good muslims, of which there are many but we understand what we are up against? >> i think that was correct and clear. when you are president of the united states, republican or democrat, you have a lot of

responsibility. you have the leader of the free world and he is trying to create a coalition to fight against muslim terrorist. he used the word evil. that is the difference between president obama and bush. good versus evil was the fight. look at a country like indonesia. it is a muslim country and in many ways it is thriving with the economy doing better. they had problems with terrorism a few days ago but they share information with us and we share with them and they are able to contain that. i think there is a responsibility when you are a leader saying we are fighting against evil and we need help. >> that is a clear difference in the way the two men talk about. another question you talk about john ernest and the tortured responses they have given to make it seem like islam is not

radical extremism. someone is saying don't use the words together. >> sometimes you where given guidance and you think it doesn't make sense. i always try to think about the follow-up questions and how the american people at home will take this. i would sit outside the office and wait for a moment to talk to the president and say what precisely do you want me to say. i think we have the force the president to talk about it. the state of the union might be a place but the american people deserve to know what the priorities are and what resources are being put behind the fight. >> thank you for being here. bradley cooper is talking out about the criticism of american sniper. >> if we get it right it will be a living embody of him for those that don't and did know him.

it is as a privilege. >> and fair and balanced debate on what is driving the comments on the film about the deadliest sniper in history, chris kyle. plus, there is this: >> wow is what you would say. a huge hippo there in a boat load of trouble. he went on a rampage on that boat and we will tell you where when we come back.

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ready. a giant hippo chasing after their boat like a scene from jaws. you can see the hippo's weight moving under the water, emerging and breaching above. the boat had to pick up the speed. they can be nasty awfully mean. >> they are docile. >> they are vicious. >> it looks like a ride at universal studios in los angeles. 25 past the hour. the happiest place on earth isn't happy after a measles outbreak started last month and morphed into the the worst outbreak in 15 years. will car is live. how many cases linked to disney land? >> there are at least 26 cases and officials say the numbers could continue to jump. health officials say this goes

back to december 17th-20th at disney land which they say is the ideal scenario because you have a large amount of people in confined spaces and those infected went to airports and got on planes and flew to a number of different states which isn't good since measles is one of the most passable air disease out there. >> it is spread by coughing and it is very infectious. much more so than the flu and other conditions. that is why we are concerned. >> reporter: six patients with suspected measles infections shutdown an emergency center in san diego yesterday. measles starts with a rash can

spread across the entire body. for four days before and after symptoms break out you can be contagious. >> thank you for that, will. will car in los angeles. a criminal disappears without a trace or does he? how a tiny trace of blood left behind could reveal the entire fate of that human being. amazing technology coming up. plus this: [gun shots] >> al-qaeda in yemen claiming responsibility for paris. is it time for the white house to change their tune about the al-qaeda core and more?

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as we move forward on cuba there are new rules on trade and travel and they will go into effect tomorrow. big changes coming in this relationship. the united states says that united states travelers to cuba no longer need a special license or driver's license if they fall into 12 authorized categories. and travel agents and airplanes are opening up to the same. havana here we come for lots of folks, i think. well al-qaeda is a shell of its former self. we decimated the al-qaeda leadership that attacked us on 9/11. >> it continues to be clear that core al-qaeda has been decimated. >> the president and administration making it sound like al-qaeda has been dead for some time. what about this guy?

the head of the al-qaeda group in yemen here claiming for the responsibility in paris. our guest is here and colonel good morning to you. a lot of concern as you can see the french stepped up their anti-terror campaign and mow you have concerns about us here at home. what do you think we need to know and do? >> it was a lie when they first spoke the words. core al-qaeda doesn't make a difference. there are offshoots and franchise franchises of the groups that are part of radical islam. and the administration can't say that word. if you don't know your enemy, you will lose. here is what we need to be doing and chairman of the joint chief of staff told this to chris wallace the other day. we need to fight overseas and

that is no brainer. but we talked about the u.s. capabilities of intelligence, more partners and direct action. but the united states we and our allies have very little human intelligence. whether it is a human in the cells that can report what is going on because the terrorist learned not to communicate with cellphones, satellite phones or internet because they know we are listening. we don't collect intelligence but instead kill them with missiles instead of capturing and interrogating them. our best partners we have in the region is israel and the second is the president of egypt and yet this administration gives them the back of the hands and threatens them both for god knows what reasons. direct action is great.

but we will not special operation forces/boots on the ground. it is good to know what we ought to be doing but we are not doing. >> back to core al-qaeda. charles cradhamer on that: >> the administration is focused on what is called core al-qaeda as if you can ignore all of the other elements and all of the other scattered islamist groups around the world. that doesn't wash anymore. >> that whole phrase now is being seen in a different light. it isn't just iraq afghanistan, and parts of pakistan and syria. it is nigeria and chad and now you have a group in libya claiming isis established a save haven there and kidnapped 21

christians. >> we have seen footages that will never be on the air shot by isis camera man as they butcher christians all over the areas they have taken over from syria to iraq. this is radical islam. it is not simply al-qaeda. it is boka haren and al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula. they are in the philippines it is a global operation. it is radical islam. it doesn't matter what the name we give it as long as you understand this is radical islam globally. what we ought to be doing is focusing on protecting the american homeland with the joint task force and encourages task forces like the one in new york that was created by ray kelly

and it has been abandoned now. it is designed to keep tabs on jihadist and sleeper cells like the one that threatened my wife and children and targeted them back in the 1980's. they are doing it again. >> and quickly to put a fine point on this. in terms of strategy i understand and appreciate what you said about new york here, but it seems that you are saying intelligence right now is the critical factor that we do not have. correct? >> absolutely. absolutely. and i think there is a much of other parallels. for example, we know if the french had gun control, and they are stunned the weapons are in the hands of the terrorist. well gun control doesn't work in a strategy for terrorist. it just disarms the public. and the islamic terrorist learned not to communicate electronically before attacking. >> their tactics are changing as they see us respond.

good to have you on the program. getting closer to the trial of the worst terror attack on united states soil post-9/11. we are in the next stage of the jury selection for the boston bombing jury trial and the process of questions 1300 members begins. they have to bring in a lot of people for the panel jury. we are live. why is dzhokhar tsarnaev's lawyer trying to deny the process? >> reporter: his attorneys made an argument that jury selection could be put off for a month in light of the recent terror attacks in paris. they said it would allow for the prejudice flowing from the event and the comparison from the issues in this case to die down. the judge denied the question writing that a fair and partial jury could still be found. we are getting the first insight into how difficult the process may prove to be.

the first jurors being questioned of individual questions of jurors and that juror admitted to posting on social media and being in a community that was on lockdown in the days following the boston marathon bombing. so a lot of people in the area have knowledge of the bombing and read about it in social media and may know people directly involved but the process is moving forward >> that is what needs to happen. thank you, molly very much. 22 before the hour. lee niece taking heat here blasting united states gun ownership saying there is too many blank guns out there especially in america. there is over 300 million guns privately owned in america. i think it is a blank disgrace and goes on to defend his reasons. and a block buster film taken

three which has gun violence saying quote i think it gives people a release from stress and all of the rest of it? it doesn't mean they are all going to go out and get a gun. >> have you seen those taken movies? i mean they are boom boom shoot them up as any kind of action movie out there. i find the comments interesting coming from someone who has been in three of these films. >> they pay well for that. >> i would imagine. his daughter keeps disappearing over and over again. what about this? terrifying moments for employees at a car wash where a driver forgot to put the car in neutral and hit the gas instead. we will show you how that played out. and anti-war critics blasting the film american sniper. fair and balanced debate about

what is behind the hostility about a man who saved countless lives.

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a driverh at 40 miles per hour. the driver age 92 didn't put this car in neutral. unfortunately, the driver had no injuries but wow. pretty good clip rolling through that car wash. sacramento california there. i might have seen things or done things you wish you had

not. >> oh that is not me no. >> that is not you? >> i was just protecting my guys. they were trying to kill my soldiers and i am willing to meet the creator and talk about the shots i took. >> "american sniper," which opens tomorrow tells the incredible story of chris kyle. the film just this morning got six academy award nominations after being snubbed by the golden globes. but the criticism from the left continues. look at the fight from the guardian saying the real sniper was a hate-filled killer. why are they treating him like a hero? and here is another one saying "american sniper" shows a certain kind of american -- you fill in the blank. leslie marshal is here and

welcome to you. this is a great movie that i think a lot of people will realize when it goes into wide release on friday. but it has garnered criticism. leslie, what do you think? >> i am a screen actors guild member so i get the films before they hit. clint eastwood is a great director and i have read the book. i agree with bradley cooper on this and that is this is not a movie that is about iraq and whether we should have been there or not. and to me this is about the conflict that soldiers have especially snipers have and quite frankly what war does to a man like bradley cooper. and i think to attract the heroism of any military member who keeps us free to be able to

criticize the film. but they have that right. >> let's look at what bradley cooper said because we will show everybody his reaction. i hope to god another moveie comes out, if not this one, to show what the military networkmembers go through and what we do to our vets. the reality is people are coming home and we have to take care of them. they wanted it to be the human story of chris kyle and his family and incredible wife and it seems they achieved that lars. >> they certainly did. and chris kyle was a hero. i had the honor of interviewing him a few months before he was murdered. i don't his widow but i know his father-in-law who i talked to last year about the movie. chris kyle is an american hero

and the fact is the anti-war left hates the war and doesn't support the military and this is another way of attacking america's strong position in the world that comes because of brave men and women like chris kyle who go out and do what they need to do and bear the burden coming from back from the battles >> you will understand why his wife has said he wanted to be remembered not for being the most lethal sniper but for someone who saved so many american lives because of the shots he had to take to save all of the service men who were at risk. enough on that. it comes out tomorrow. i want to get your thoughts on the situation at duke university where they decided to do a call to prayer for those who practice

the muslim faith. it is getting a lot of reaction including negative reaction from franklin graham. what do you make of the story? >> first of all, this country is founded on light of religious freedom and understand people are upset with the religion and the 2.6 billion people are peaceful and not the minority of the terrorist who do acts in the lame of islam. but we are a free, religious society and that is part of the foundation of america. as duke university said they are speaking to the religious pluralism at their university. i commend them for their bravery in doing what the country was founded on which is tolerance of all religions. not terrorism or murder but religion. >> they do ring bells for christian service as well at the

chapel. what do you think of this lars? >> i think you are being a hypocrite because these people argue that any evidence of the christian religion be taken down. we celebrate the winter holiday and not christmas. they want the christian stripped in public and then when the muslim community gets the call to prayer they say this is all about religious tolerance. how about having that level for all religions including the one that represents the majority of the public in the united states and that is the christian religion which is being pushed out of the public square everywhere. >> we have to go. thank you leslie and lars. good to have you both. jenna lee is standing by with "happening now" coming up next. good morning to you. >> the fbi stopping the planning of another terror attack here in the united states. an ohio man busted and we have the details and why his parents say he is just misunderstood.

and five more detainees released from gitmo and why lawmakers are worried. and the death penalty on the table still in the jodi aries case. we will talk about that. is the cold case a thing of the past? re-creating a human image from a sample of dan marinona. is this the future for fighting crime?

new to a new technique that uses dna to solve cases that might be cold. cases like the mother of a murder and a daughter in north carolina that happened four years ago. some experts believe some

traitss can be re-created with blood or hair. lance is here. virginia company is working with the government on this. it is called snapshot technology. >> right. the company says they can look at the heart of the dna sample with tiny bits to identify traits that are from any person like hair color, eye color freckles and anything that builds a profile for a person. usually dna is used to match one sample against another. and maybe they committed another crime and you can link it to another. they actually take this and turn it into an image of a person of

some person but not any person you know. >> and they believe it can be re-created. in the case of columbia south carolina they put out this image generated by dna analysis and the question is if this is accurate? what do you think? >> i think it is tough to say this is a home run because people look alike. dna is unique but people tend to look like other people. how many times have people walked up to you and said hi joe and you are bill. it is worrying me because it is treating science like magic. in the area where they try to match dna against people they messed that up. all you are doing is taking the dna, building a picture -- >> what is your level of confidence? scale of 1-10? >> i put it at a 5.

>> 50%! >> with cold cases, they want to solve it and people say i know that guy. i want to see them break cases first. >> fair enough. we will follow the case in south carolina and see if they can get some luck. thanks lance. the obama administration opens the gates at gitmo releasing five terror suspects from yemen. who are they and do they pose a risk? actually, knowing the kind of risk that you're comfortable with, i'd steer clear. really? really? straight talk. now based on your strategy i do have some other thoughts... multiplied by 13,000 financial advisors it's a big deal. and it's how edward jones makes sense of investing.

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>> a bit earlier we asked are we less safe or paris just an exception? martha: todd tweets. i believe paris was a separate attack and separate issue. i believe we have better border security. bill: how do you put a name to the enemy you can't defeat it. martha: they tweet, we are not

safer. paris is not on exception at all. something we're giving a lot of thought to these days. we hope that everybody is doing okay there and that continues. stay safe. bill: see you in an hour. uh-oh. i'm lucky again. martha: one lucky guy. bye, everybody. jon: fox news alert and a new timeline emerging on the terrifying ordeal for passengers trapped on a smoke-filled subway train in one of the busiest stops in our nation's capitol. it was an agonizing ordeal one woman died, dozens more got sick during the incident monday on washington's metro. the official timeline now released by washington officials confirms passengers had to wait more than a half hour for help. the information released today does not give the exact time paramedics reached the train. meantime the national transportation safety board is still investigating what caused that choking cloud of smoke.